Manifolding sales-book.



I E. K. BOTTLE.

MANIFOLDiNG SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED -0v.24.19\e.

1,289,697 Patented Dec. 31, 1915.

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EZIDW'ARD KIRIBY BOTTLE, 0F ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO.

manrronmns SALES-BO0K.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled November 24, 1916. Serial No. 133,123.

it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to salesbo ks, and more particularly to that type of salesbook ,in which duplicate record and. triplicate sheets are superin'iposed forthe purpose of enabling-a double record to be madeof sales. One of the objects or this invention is to enable a-book having original, duplicate and triplicate sheets superimposed to enable the original and. triplicate sheets to be simultaneously removed in a more ractical manner from beneath the carbon or superposition on top thereof.

Otherobjects will'be in part'obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The-invention accordingly consists in the features of 'COnSUHCtIOn, combinations of elements and arrangement or parts which will becxemplified'in the construction here ina-fter setforth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of OllflhbGdllllQlil? of my invention Withthe carbon sheet overlying the original and triplicate, and Fig. E is a similar view after the original and. triplicate have been placed over the carbon.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic View. I In the embodiment illustrated, the sales- ,book comprises a pad havingoriginal and one or more copy sheets, as for example.

triplicate and duplicate sheets, designated by the characters 1, 2 and3, respectively, arranged superimposed'in sets, the sheets of each set being joined together along, one

edge, as at l, and the duplicate sheets havmg one edge, as 5, extending out from un der the original and triplicate sheets along which the duplicate sheets are bound to:

gether, whereby all the sets of sheets are held in superposed relation to form a pad. In operative relation to the said pad and in position to be inserted between the sheets of the sets successively, is a carbonsheetG, which is preferably surfaced with transfer gznaterial on both sides. A convenient manher of retaining this carbon sheet'i's to bind the same by the same fastening means which holds the duplicate sheets together, as-by staples 7. One or more of such carb on sheets may be inserted in the pad at spaced intervals, as required. it is desirable to have the duplicate sheets provided with a weakened line as a line of perforations 8, in order that they may be torn from the book as usedyand in order to permit the ready separation or the sheets of a set, another'line of perforations-may PatentedDec. 31, 1918. i

In a boolr'of" this' type original and triplicate sheets. This may be done by providing a notch, as at 9, in the carbon in position to expose the corners of the original and triplicate sheet. In order that the triplicate sheet may be readily grasped at the same time as the original, thereby avoiding. performing; the operation of removing the carbon 'from' beneath the sheet a second time, the original'sheet may be cut away somewhat, as by slightly shortening it, whereby a portion of the tripli cate sheet is exposed from beneath the original sheet and the carbon. The manipulation of this book is as follows: The three sheets from the precedinglrecord havingbeen torn from the book, the carbon sheet 6 will overlie all three sheets ofthe next set. To place the pad in operative position, the triplicate, and with it the original, isgraspedby the fingers at the portion where it is exposed. Both the sheets may thus be readily removed from'beneath the carbon by a single operation and'superimposed thereon. 'l/Vith the sheets. in this position any record which is made upon the original sheet will'be transmade, all three sheets may be removed from the book by tearing the duplicate sheet along the line of perforations 8, and the sheets of the set may be separated from each other by tearing along the line L- This invention is particularly useful where the triplicate sheet is made of a trans parent character, as of tissue, as such tissues are usually of thin material, and as a consequence, unless the tissue be exposed from beneath the original, it is not readily grasped.

Thus by the above described invention are accomplished, among others, the objects hereinbefore mentioned.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made Without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It isalso to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cove all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of lair guage, might be said to fall therebetwcen.

Having described my invention, what I claim as ne and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a series of sets of leaves, each comprising a plurality ofleaves attached togethe' along one edge to form a hinge, the bottom leaf of eacl set extending out from beneath the other leaves of the set on the side opposite the hinge, the sets being attached together by the extended portion of the bottom leaves to form a pad, a transfer sheet attached to said pad normally overlying the same and shaped so that there be in'u'n'ially a portion of the sheets of the top set exposed from beneath the transfer shcct, one sheet of the upper set, other than the bottom sheet, having a portion of a free edge extending out from beneath the shcets supcrposcd thereon. 1

2. device of .the character described comprising, in combination, a series of sets 'iug out from under the other leaves on the sidc opposite the hinge, the sets being attached together by the extended portion of the bottom lcavcs to form a. pad, atransfer sheet attached to said pad, normally overlying the same, shaped so that there be normally a portion of the sheets of the top set exposed from beneath the transfer sheet. the middle sheet of each set having a portion of a free edge extending out from beneath the sheets superposed thereon.

3. A device of the character. described COIl'lIlllSlIlg, in combination, a series of sets of leaves, each comprising a sheet folded upon itself to form two leaves, and a triplicate sheet interposed therebetween and attached to said sheet at the fold, the bottom leaf of each set extending out from under the other leaves on the side opposite the hinge, the sets being attached together by the extended portion of the bottom leaves to form a pad, a transfer sheet attached to said pad, normally overlying the same and exposing a-cornerof the sheets of the top set from beneath the transfer sheet, the middle sheet of each set having a portion of a free edge extending out from beneath the sheets superposed thereon.

4. a device of the character described comprising, in combination, a series of sets of leaves, each comprising a sheet folded upon itself to form two leaves attached to gether by a hinge, and a triplicate sheet of transparent material interposed therebebetween and attached to said sheet at the fold, the bottom leaf of each set extending out from under the other leaves on the side opposite the hinge, the sets being attached the bottom leaf being longer and the upper.

leaf being shorter than. the intermediate leaf of each seton the side opposite the fold, the sets being joined together by the long portion of the bottom sheet, a sheet of transfor material attached to the pad normally overlying the same, said transfer material shaped so that there will be normally a portion of the intermediate sheets xposed.

6. In a device of the character described comprising, in combination. a series of leaves each comprising av sheet folded upon itself to form two leaves, and a triplicate leaf attached to said sheet at the fold, the three leaves forming a set, the bottom leaf of the set. being longer than the intermediate leaf on the side opposite the fold, the sets being joined together by the long portion of the together by the extended portion of the bottom leaves to form a pad, a transfer sheet-- bottom sheet, a sheet of transfer material attached to the pad normally overlying the same, the transfer sheet and the upper leaf of the folded sheet being shaped so that there be normally a portion of the triplicate sheet exposed from beneath the transfer sheet. and the upper leaf of the folded sheet.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDYVARD KIRBY BOTTLE. Witnesses:

ARTHUR SI-LEPHEARD, J. E. HENDY. 

